Between 1998-99 and 2003-04, total expenditure on goods and services in Western Australia increased by 28%, a figure that was higher than for Australia as a whole (26%).

Western Australia did not record either the highest or lowest expenditure in any broad expenditure category.

At the detailed expenditure items level, Western Australia had the highest expenditure on men's clothing ($6 a week) and the lowest expenditures on electricity ($15 a week) and on higher education fees ($4 a week).

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